Watches are taxable items. 20% of the declared amount will be imposed.

Not taxable but might subject to get an AP approval from SIRIM

nahh, typically all imported items that has a value of RM200 and lower, they don't even bother to hold it and tax it. does not worth their time to tax stuff under RM200 they say. heh so no worries, just go ahead and import that tamagotchi you've always in your wanted list

chances of getting taxed is low but they might withheld it if they go bonkers. next time, you could request the seller to declare the item as a "misc. computer accs."

bags i'm not too sure, but it should be taxable as it falls under the "fashion apparel" category but hey, tell you what, i've just received my seven pieces of printed round neck tees in a single shipment, customs ppl release it just like that. so, i guess, if you're buying just a bag, it should be ok, just make sure that the sender don't fancy sending stuff in the big fancy box

that is not correct, items that are taxable with the parcel value worth more than RM200 (excluding printed media eg. CDs, DVDs & BDs) have higher chances to get withheld at customs. they will not bother to hold items lower than RM200 value as the taxable amount is too low for them to earn moolah. Your luck depends on it too, keep your fingers crossed and make sure lady luck is smiling upon you if you order a whole lotta bunch of stuff in one shipment

This post has been edited by strayato.hirzaki: Oct 13 2008, 02:45 AM

a piece of CD is unlikely to get stuck at custom. uhh..by EMS, it should stand for "Express Mail Service" and it should have a tracking no. to go with it. yours should be SAL "Surface Air Lift"/"Surface Sea"/"Air". if your parcel is insured, i would advice you to try and file for a claim, else you could drop CD Japan an email and see if they could help you out

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Added on June 3, 2009, 12:30 amyour idea would phailed miserably, trust me. even if you asked the seller to smash the phone into bits/dunk it into the toilet bowl/feed it to the dog before it was posted out, if it's a phone, kastam will definately ask you to obtain a SIRIM AP and afterward tax you 10%

yes, it will be "tahan-ed". kastam will call you up and ask you to come personally to collect your phone from POS LCCT. you'll need to open the parcel in front of the OIC for inspection. afterward, they'll hand you a form that you need to bring along to SIRIM Shah Alam. it'll cost you RM200 and 3~4 waiting days to obtain your AP. once the AP is ready, you'll have to collect it from SIRIM and head back to LCCT for clearance. they will tax 10% of the item cost. the grand total that you have to fork out (minus the hassle of travelling like a mad dog + waste of petrol and time) is :-

RM200 (~SIRIM AP) + RM100 (~10% Tax of USD300) = RM300+/-

This post has been edited by strayato.hirzaki: Jun 3 2009, 12:48 AM

if the device looks like a mobile phone, they will assume it's a phone unless you could prove that they are wrong. one more thing, N97 does have the NOKIA wording plastered on the front and back, you can't really fool them

This post has been edited by strayato.hirzaki: Jun 3 2009, 09:42 PM

not all of them. PDA, computers and digital cameras are not taxable